Monthly Archive for September, 2007

: September, 2007

Google’s proposed acquisition of DoubleClick was the subject of a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., today. Microsoft’s general counsel, Brad Smith, testified in opposition to the deal. His prepared remarks are available here. The prepared testimony of David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer, is here: PDF, 6 pages. …

Fixes made by Microsoft to installed copies of Windows without the user’s knowledge or permission — detailed here earlier this month — at first seemed alarming but harmless. A story set to appear Thursday in Windows Secrets newsletter says that’s not so. …

Microsoft said this afternoon that U.S. sales of “Halo 3” reached an estimated $170 million in the game’s first 24 hours on the market. In a news release, the company claims the first-day total makes it “the biggest entertainment launch in history,” topping Harry Potter and Spider-Man 3. …

For this story today on Halo 3’s Tuesday release, I checked in with Sony to see if the company had any comment on how the Microsoft game would shape the competitive landscape this holiday season. Here’s the full statement that Sony sent in response. …